Qatar

 Step 1 – Identifying Qatar

Regular cars in Qatar have long, white licence plates with a maroon strip on the left. Trucks have square, black licence plates and police plates are blue.

The Google car will usually be blurred, with only the antenna on the left and a sliver of the car visible. Sometimes the entire white pickup truck can be visible. Rusty clips can be seen on the crossbar.

See the region guessing section for more information.

Qatar's landscape is predominantly desert, with arid, and mostly flat expanses of sand as far as the eye can see. You will often not see a lot of trees or other greenery.

Qatar typically uses solid outer white lines with either white or yellow in the middle. More rarely, you can also find outer yellow lines too.

Qatar uses round poles with 3 insulators on the pole top, with the middle one being slightly higher. The crossbar also has 2 diagonal bars connecting it to the pole.

Qatar uses white on red and white on blue chevrons.

Since some coverage was taken before the 2022 World Cup took place, many banners can be seen mentioning the event.

Qatari crossing signs feature a man in a thobe.

 Step 2 – Regional clues

Qatar is pretty well covered, with almost every main road and some side roads having coverage. Only the south and west lack coverage at the moment.

Qatar is divided into municipalities, further divided into numbered zones, which can be seen on street signs. This infographic shows which number corresponds to each zone.

This very short antenna is found in northern Qatar.

This fairly long antenna is found in and around Doha.

And this long antenna is mostly found in southwestern Qatar.

Bollards in Qatar are only found on a few roads, and you can easily tell them apart.

 Step 3 – Spotlight

Al Bayt Stadium can be recognized by the black and white horizontal stripes on the stadium along with the tent-like roof.

Lusail Stadium, in Lusail, can be recognized by its golden bowl-like shape.

Four towers, resembling a screw thread, can be seen from almost every point in Lusail.

A structure resembling a gahfiya can be seen around the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, in Rawdat Al Jahhaniya district.

The Mall of Qatar in Rawdat Al Jahhaniya can be recognized by the boxy appearance with many ads on the side of the building. Large car parks are also seen next to the mall.

Education City Stadium can be recognized by the large, grey cladding with a diamond pattern.

Education City features distinct black-tiled roads.

Brown street signs, often fixed to the ground, are seen in Education City.

Khalifa International Stadium can be recognized by the dual arches shaped like a wide open mouth.

The Torch Tower can be seen from almost every point in the Baaya District, and can be recognized by its hyperboloid structure, along with it being the tallest building in Qatar.

This cardboard box in the right side of the bed is seen in Lusail. The rusty clips will also be visible.

NOTE: The box will not always be visible. Make sure to look out for other clues before guessing.

This black box on the left side of the bed is seen southeast of Ar-Rayyan, around the green area.

NOTE: The box will not always be visible. Make sure to look out for other clues before guessing.

The black box on the right side of the bed is seen in Al Khor, and in the green area around The Torch Tower and Khalifa International Stadium.

NOTE: The box will not always be visible. Make sure to look out for other clues before guessing.

A tripod was used to capture the interior of the Hamad International Airport. A unique tripod that captured the inside of a plane can also be seen here.